Arsenal hopeful of deal to sign Valencia defender Cristhian Mosquera | Arsenal

Arsenal are hopeful of agreeing a deal to signal Cristhian Mosquera after holding talks with Valencia over the Spain under-21 worldwide.

Mikel Arteta is eager to strengthen his defensive choices and has recognized Mosquera – who got here by means of Valencia’s academy and has performed 90 video games for the primary workforce – as their fundamental goal to offer back-up to William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhães.

Arsenal are scheduled to carry extra talks and are anticipated to supply about £16m for the 21-year-old, who additionally has curiosity from Actual Madrid. Private phrases are usually not anticipated to be a difficulty for the participant, who featured in opposition to England in Spain’s quarter-final defeat on the European Below 21 Championship final Saturday.

Arsenal are additionally anticipated to wrap up the signing of Christian Nørgaard from Brentford within the coming days having agreed a charge value as much as £15m for the Denmark midfielder. He will probably be joined by Martín Zubimendi from Actual Sociedad however Thomas Partey appears to be like poised to depart after failing to agree a contract extension.

Nottingham Forest’s hopes of signing Timothy Weah and Samuel Mbangula from Juventus for a mixed £19.6m have been dashed after the pair rejected the transfer.

The US ahead Weah – a son of Ballon d’Or winner George – and the Belgian winger Mbangula have been neglected of the Juventus squad crushed 5-2 by Manchester Metropolis on Thursday having informed the Italian membership that they weren’t excited by becoming a member of the Premier League facet.

Bournemouth, Everton and Leeds are additionally understood to be excited by signing Weah, who was on mortgage at Celtic in 2019.